The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-04
carney or Bntener. which?

II is a fact weli-knowi to every one who
has kept pace with political action in this
county during the last year that the sa-
loon proposes to be the supreme political
power Last fall It gathered its forces and
entered the field for the avowed purpose Of
defeating Hon. Joseph D. Whitaker on
account Of his temperance record. For the
accomplishment Of this purpose it resorted
to deception in ballots. secret communica-
tons mysteFiously delivered on the eve of
election. appeal to appetite and 10 false
notions Of personal liberty then in the
exhilaration Of its triumph boastod that
the saloon was omnipotent above the SOW
ereignitv Of the people. Impelled by one
idea it knows no party that will not do its
bidding. no motto but the triumph Of
the saloon" Crushed in salem at the
spring election it has risen again like a
phoenix out Of its ashes to overthrow the
EXPRESSED wishes of the people Knowing
as it does that law is imperative and with
out force unless in the hands of honest and
fearless officers, and that criminal laws are
operative only by indictment Of Grand
Jury. and that the selection of grand juries
is the prerogatiye Of the sheriff. it now
seeks to fortify itself behind the Sheriffalty
that it may control the enforcement Of
law. There are two candidates before the
people Of this county for the important
office of sheriff. One is William Carney,
a faithful and fearless officer the cand-
date Of the people, selected IN open conyen-
ton and without his knowledge or solicit
tation. The other is James Butcher, the
candidate of the saloon, selected at mid
night conference of bar-room politicians,
aud given to and not selected by conyen-
ton. We have no unkind word to say
against Mr.. Butcher as private citizen,
but as a representative man. if elected and
faithful to tile power that elects him, it
becomes his duty to protect the saloon.
We do not seek an unlawful persecution
OF the saloon We are willing it shall have
its rights under the law. bat We are oppOs-
ed to its being above the Law. We believe the
man who. in violation Of the law, holds out
inducements whereby he steals onr money.
steals our home, steals our brain, steals
our soul, should be rs amenable before
the law as the man who steals our chick
ems o r burns our barn.
The people Of Salem said, by their bal
lots, at the spring election The saloon
must 60" This they had 4 perfect right
to do under the law, and no man or set Of
men have a right to contravene that decis-
ion. Yet it is a fact motto riously known
Iil1L lilt SIiDDN tllitfti dibiHET IAiiif Uhtlt'
defiance to law; and while the city lost its
revenue from former licensed places Of
sale, the prohibition Of the liquor traffic
was only in the name The people Of Sa-
lem have an indefeasible right to one Of
two things, viz: to say that prohibition
shall prohibit, or that the sale of liquor in
violation Of the law, shall furnish revenue
by the legal imposing Of fines. TO deny
this is to compel tle re-licensing of public
places Of sale, for the open saloon is prefer
able to the secret saloon in defiance Of law
The question then that suggests itself, or
ought to suggest itself, to every voter in
the county before he casts his ballot 70 r
sheriff is, am | going, by my vote, to ac-
cord to the people of Salem their sovereign
right under the law by voting for a man
WHO will, if elected, enforce. without fear
or favor, the provisions Of the law or am
going to cast my ballot for sheriff for a
man who, if elected and faithful to the
powers that elect him, must use his official
position to defeat the expressed wishes of
the people by annulling the law. In other
words am | going to say by my ballot
that prohibition shall not prohibit and
thereby compel the people Of Salem to re-
verse the decision of their spring election,
for an open licensed house is preferable to
the secret, yet free, saloon. Which of the
two candidates, If elected. will be the most
likely 10 select as Grand Jurors good and
true men. conscientious in the discharge
of sworn duty, and fearless in the indict-
ment OF crime. under whatever name,
James Butcher or William Carney?-one
the candidate Of the ring, selected in secret
conference at the dictation Of the ring and
foisted ON a convention; the other the can
didate Of the people. selected by the people
in open convention, and if elected, will
know no authority but the law, no duty
but the will Of the people. NJ.
Woodstown, Nov Sd, 1887.
Within a week there were three conyic-
tions for murder in the first degree in the
Philadelphia Courts, and last Saturday
two Of heconvicted murders were sentenc !